Just got offered a job in Houston, Texas never been there. Where should I live? Hersey Trail?

Go west young man!!! wrote:

Why have there been so many of these types of threads on LRC lately? The answer to these types of questions are always the same....

Q: Where should I live in ________ (exact location is somewhere in Texas or the South)?

A: San Diego

This is the ONLY acceptable answer. Otherwise you'd find yourself living I the South or in, gasp Texas. GROSS!!!!

Are you still sleeping in your car during the day?

The nicest area of houston in terms of quality of life, being relatively close to everything, and low crime rates, nice neighborhoods, is the city of Sugar Land to the southwest. To be honest I am unsure of the "nicest running trails" as I am a track specialist (400/800) but there is one very nice one called Lost Creek Park (paved) a bike distance away and I am sure you can find plenty of excellent trails.

Sugar Land's proximity to central houston makes it a booming economic area with new businesses popping up all the time. Housing prices vary immensely even within a 10mile radius you could find differences by a factor of 20 but certain neighborhoods are really nice and really affordable. If you want more information on stuff, I can give you my email but I don't really want to give out too much publicly.

I meant the greater houston area. To get to downtown it takes 25-30 mins but alot of people from the Texas Medical center live in this area

stop accepting this garbage wrote:

hgjjnk wrote:

For the republicans, uneducated and working class

Assuming you aren't a republican based on your post and you aren't working class due to your unemployment, I'll assume you live in houston based on how uneducated you are in regards to the city.

Assume I live in Houston if you want. I visited Houston and while it had some nice areas (Yale st or something with a whisky bar near there), the houses are dirt cheap there for a reason - entire state of Texas is basically is big fckin wasteland full of what I've described

Hershey hwy is where gays go to 'hook up' good luck

hgjjnk wrote:

stop accepting this garbage wrote:

Assuming you aren't a republican based on your post and you aren't working class due to your unemployment, I'll assume you live in houston based on how uneducated you are in regards to the city.

Assume I live in Houston if you want. I visited Houston and while it had some nice areas (Yale st or something with a whisky bar near there), the houses are dirt cheap there for a reason - entire state of Texas is basically is big fckin wasteland full of what I've described

The houses are not dirt cheap. I live in West U and the average home price is $2.3 million. How about where you live -- your dumpy apt?

Lumberjack Larry wrote:

hgjjnk wrote:

Assume I live in Houston if you want. I visited Houston and while it had some nice areas (Yale st or something with a whisky bar near there), the houses are dirt cheap there for a reason - entire state of Texas is basically is big fckin wasteland full of what I've described

The houses are not dirt cheap. I live in West U and the average home price is $2.3 million. How about where you live -- your dumpy apt?

I've been all around and its tough to find a nicer neighborhood in America than West U. To the other guys on here, if all you have is bad things to say about Houston and or Texas in general, its obvious you haven't spend any considerable time there or you are just plain a moron. Take your pick.

When I was taking my wife to MD Anderson, I used to run around there and the zoo and all that....seemed like a good part of town except all night long staying at the Rotary House you could hear sirens.

H town wrote:

Most walkable (Bars and Restaurants)

Wait, you are talking about Houston? The place that is so inhospitably humid there are tunnels connecting buildings 50 feet apart?

Do you shower in Deet before one of these "walks?"

Lumberjack Larry wrote:

hgjjnk wrote:

Assume I live in Houston if you want. I visited Houston and while it had some nice areas (Yale st or something with a whisky bar near there), the houses are dirt cheap there for a reason - entire state of Texas is basically is big fckin wasteland full of what I've described

The houses are not dirt cheap. I live in West U and the average home price is $2.3 million. How about where you live -- your dumpy apt?

That area's an exception. Texas is total shithole wasteland for most part

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

H town wrote:

Most walkable (Bars and Restaurants)

Wait, you are talking about Houston? The place that is so inhospitably humid there are tunnels connecting buildings 50 feet apart?

Do you shower in Deet before one of these "walks?"

This made me laugh a lot. It is humid here. I live in what people call Eado (East Downtown) and have never been in the tunnels because I do not work downtown.

That being said had dinner on my rooftop patio last night over looking the city. Felt great up there even turned on the fire pit.

scg wrote:

When I was taking my wife to MD Anderson, I used to run around there and the zoo and all that....seemed like a good part of town except all night long staying at the Rotary House you could hear sirens.

Of course you would be hearing sirens, you were staying close to the biggest medical center in the world. But, yes, Herman Park and the zoo along with the areas around Rice U. are very nice.

Visit first. THEN decide whether or not to take the job. There are jobs available elsewhere.

FWIW (not much), I travel a pretty substantial amount for work and I see a lot of cities. Houston is the only city I've visited that I left thinking "I hope I never, ever, come back here."

Empty lots everywhere, homeless explosion, downtown area that is eerily empty after 6:00 p.m. Extreme heat and humidity. Not where I'd want to hang out. Although they did have a couple of cool bars...you need to get drunk on the reg if you're living in a place like that :-)

ugh, no wrote:

Visit first. THEN decide whether or not to take the job. There are jobs available elsewhere.

FWIW (not much), I travel a pretty substantial amount for work and I see a lot of cities. Houston is the only city I've visited that I left thinking "I hope I never, ever, come back here."

Empty lots everywhere, homeless explosion, downtown area that is eerily empty after 6:00 p.m. Extreme heat and humidity. Not where I'd want to hang out. Although they did have a couple of cool bars...you need to get drunk on the reg if you're living in a place like that :-)

Yeah being a top 16 drinking neighborhood in the nation means there is nothing to do downtown...

There are several informative posts on this thread.

I love Terry Hershey. Nice path along Buffalo Bayou west that has some gentle hills (for flatland Houston standards) and it is long.

That being said, you want to live in town. Rice Military, Heights, Midtown, etc. Just like people said.

If midtown you can hit the bayou at Eleanor Tinsley and run up and down the hills all the way to Memorial (flat). Great training ground.

As for Houston in general - the reason people move there is because it is flowing in cash. Houstonians laugh at the crap economies of the other cities.

The weather? Mild winters are great for year round training. Summer is tough, but research shows that heat-humidity training has some similar effects to that of altitude. It is only about 2-3 months of the year. The rest is ideal and, honestly, you are totally fine if you run before 8 am or after 6 pm (but only do evening runs around 6ish once you've acclimated.)

H town wrote:

Yeah being a top 16 drinking neighborhood in the nation means there is nothing to do downtown...

I didn't say there was nothing to do. I said it was empty. By which I mean the streets: My colleagues and I were walking around looking for a place to have dinner and there was literally NO ONE on the street, for blocks at a time. The city felt deserted. It was weird and unnerving.

I did enjoy the Flying Saucer bar though. Great beer selection and at least one exceptionally hot (female) bartender. And I also had some great Vietnamese food one day. So the place isn't without its charms.

Congrats on moving to one of the world's top ten most beautiful cities!